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Whiplash Smile

1986 studio album by Billy Idol
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Whiplash Smile

Summary

Whiplash Smile is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (710 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whiplash Smile's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Whiplash Smile's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Whiplash Smile was produced by Keith Forsey[5].
  • Among the performers on Whiplash Smile was Billy Idol[6].
  • Whiplash Smile's record label is recorded as Chrysalis Records[7].
  • Whiplash Smile's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Whiplash Smile is part of Billy Idol's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Whiplash Smile's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Whiplash Smile was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Whiplash Smile was published on October 20, 1986[12].
  • Whiplash Smile's tracklist is recorded as To Be a Lover[13].
  • Whiplash Smile's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whiplash Smile'}[14].
  • Whiplash Smile's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[15].
  • Whiplash Smile's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[17]

  • First release date: 1986-10-20[18]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, new wave, pop rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: hard rock, new wave, pop rock, rock[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9ba90413-cbe6-3c16-a8fa-7fc2e08a8c67[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Whiplash Smile was Billy Idol[6]. It was produced by Keith Forsey[5].

Publication

Whiplash Smile was published on October 20, 1986[12]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Billy Idol's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Why It Matters

Whiplash Smile ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (710 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

Billy Idol United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Chrysalis Records
    Publication date → +1986-10-20T00:00:00Z
    Language of work or name → English
    Part of → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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